The report which runs into 1,500 pages, pointed out that there is no direct evidence to implicate the then chief minister or any member of his cabinet in inspiring violence in the riots.
December 11, 2019Battle was never for revenge, but for justice, Bilkis Bano says on the life sentence given to the 11 persons convicted in her case
April 24, 2019The apex court also directed the state government to provide Bilkis Bano, a government job and accommodation as per rules.
April 23, 2019The just ended Jaipur Literature Festival had a lot to offer for the visitors. The panel discussions hosted by it touched upon several burning issues. Majid Alam describes two important discussions ~ democracy and Right to information
January 31, 2019Shah's version of events has been backed by then Army chief General S Padmanabhan.
January 20, 2019On a day when the Delhi High Court convicted and sentenced Kumar to life imprisonment, Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal pointed finger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was at the helm of Gujarat during the 2002 riots.
December 17, 2018The Gujarat HC had last year rejected Zakia Jafri's plea challenging a lower court order upholding SIT's clean chit to Narendra Modi and others on allegations of a 'larger conspiracy' behind the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
November 13, 2018The Gujarat High Court on Friday upheld the life imprisonment awarded by a SIT court to 14 people for the massacre of 23 persons in a village during the 2002 riots. A division bench of Justice Akil Qureshi and Justice B.N. Kariaay also upheld the sentence of seven years in jail to five others. It …
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May 11, 2018Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday failed to get any relief from the Supreme Court in a case in which she is accused of having a role in the illegal exhumation of bodies of some victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots. The apex court said it would not be necessary to adjudicate on merits the …
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July 10, 2017There was a time when denial of US visa to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi made news. It was denied in 2005 after the 2002 Gujarat riots. In early March 2013, the University of Pennsylvania cancelled a lecture by Modi. The West including the US, UK and the European Union had refused him visas. …
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June 17, 2017The Supreme Court on Friday said it will pass order on the issue whether a court can direct the state to fund restoration of places of worship damaged due to its failure to maintain law and order, as it happened during the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant …
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April 21, 2017